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Old 03-19-2016, 12:49 PM
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Default New F1 qualifying rules

I was actually up last night at 2:00 am and watched qualifying for the Australian GP. Not entirely impressed with the new rules.
My wife and I had the following comments... feel free to add to the list.

1) Kinda like watching paint dry
2) Four and a half minutes of open talk time for the commentators
3) An opportunity to view the cars parked in their garages
4) A bit like watching football
5) Get to see the drivers without helmets
Old 03-19-2016, 01:30 PM
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I stayed up to man it sucked!! I loved the comment from Martin Brundle when he said two years from now someone will say "remember that stupid scheme they came up with for qually at the start of the '16 season"!!!
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A farce as bad as Indy 2005
Old 03-19-2016, 05:13 PM
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I think it will be gone by next race.
Old 03-20-2016, 12:29 AM
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It was lame how Ferrari gave up.
Hope tonight race is worthy.
Old 03-20-2016, 03:58 AM
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Nice debut for Haas F1!!
Old 03-20-2016, 04:42 AM
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I have been watching F1 religiously for 16 years. Last night for qualy, i think i saw 10 minutes before i decided to turn off my live steam. Every year Bernie + FIA find away to muck thinks up more.

I haven't watched today's race, shows how excited i'm for the F1 season. First time in 16 + years i have no "drive" to watch the race the day of. Such sad state of affairs.

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Old 03-20-2016, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by F1CrazyDriver
....I haven't watched today's race, show how excited i'm for the F1 season. First time in 16 + years i have no "drive" to watch the race the day of. Such sad state of affairs.
Sorry you missed a good one IMO.

The championship is going to be epic this year!
Old 03-20-2016, 11:19 AM
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That WAS one of the more interesting races in a long time. Ask Alonso.
Old 03-20-2016, 12:06 PM
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I thought this race was a good one and of course Kimi was plagued by the Ferrari reliability woes.

Ferrari did a good job trying to get the softs to run competitively until the end as I figured they thought the Mercs on mediums would give up towards the end.
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Somewhat exciting race. Some bad luck/decisions from my Ferrari team.
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Originally Posted by bronson7
Somewhat exciting race. Some bad luck/decisions from my Ferrari team.
Ferrari's biggest issue is Ferrari itself. They should have never put VET on super softs after the redflag (Even I was like WTF). Also doesn't help they lost about 2-3 secs in pitlane when they had to come back in.. I wouldn't say they had the win in hand but they gave up a solid P2. They are close to Mercedes but just not 100% there yet, maybe 97% there
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hated the rules on quali, but its apparently going back to what it was last year...race was good though...
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Race was the best season opener for years I thought.
Old 03-20-2016, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronan
Race was the best season opener for years I thought.
Would agree with that Ronan, new U.S. Team scores points, Ferrari up there again like last year....Fernando escaping from a potential tragic accident, 3 new tire sets and NO rain!...can't ask for more other than if Hamilton won...:-)

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